Published 1999 | Version v1
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Comparative assessment of biofuels and conventional fuels - life cycle analyses of environmental effects

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Description

The author investigated the substitution of conventional fuels by biofuels in terms of airborne emission ratings. The method is similar to that of product ecobalancing, i.e. the full life cycle of energy sources is considered and several categories of effects are taken into account: Consumption of fossil resources, greenhouse effect, acidification, depletion of stratospheric ozone, human toxicity and ecotoxicity

Availability note (English)

Available from TIB Hannover: RO 9712(57)

Abstract (German)

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht fuer verschiedene luftgetragene Emissionen die Veraenderungen, die sich in Deutschland bei der Substitution konventioneller Kraftstoffe durch Biokraftstoffe ergeben. Die Vorgehensweise lehnt sich an die Methodik zur Erstellung von Produkt-Oekobilanzen an; so werden beispielsweise die vollstaendigen Lebenswege der Energietraeger betrachtet. Zur Beurteilung werden verschiedene Wirkungskategorien herangezogen: der Verbrauch fossiler Energieressourcen, der Treibhauseffekt, die Versauerung, der Ozonabbau in der Stratosphaere sowie Human- und Oekotoxizitaet. (orig.)

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Additional titles

Original title (German)
Biokraftstoffe im Vergleich zu konventionellen Kraftstoffen - Lebensweganalysen von Umweltwirkungen

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
209 p.
Journal Volume
57
Series
Forschungsbericht des Instituts fuer Energiewirtschaft und Rationelle Energieanwendung, Universitaet Stuttgart
ISSN
0938-1228

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
30053814
Subject category
S09: BIOMASS FUELS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Thesis, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ECOLOGY; ETHANOL; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE LAYER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOXICITY; VEGETABLE OILS
Descriptors DEC
ALCOHOLS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLIMATIC CHANGE; COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LAYERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SOLS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR OXIDES